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  1st February
Time:
7:00 pm
Illustrated Talk - Author and Ornithologist Ranjit Lal Speaks on “The Birds of Delhi” the subject of his latest book. Collab. Delhi Birds and Oxford University Press.  
       
  1st February
Time:
3:00 pm
Play - Teamwork Fine Arts Society & Habitat World present Theatre Slava’s “Cassandra Now” from Sweden. Tkts Rs.250, 150 & 75.  
       
  1st February
Time:
7:00 pm
Music - Dhrupad, Dhamar, Khayal and Thumri by Bangladesh’s renowned vocalist, Dada Tapan Kanti Baidya, disciple of a galaxy of renowned gurus.Collab: Guild of Service.  
       
  1st February
Time:
6:30 pm
Youth Parliament - Continues to discuss issues around sexuality, its tolerance and abuse.  
       
  2nd February
Time:
11:00 am

Workshop - “New Horizons in Parenting” conducted by Dr. Nandita Chaudhary, and Fulbright Fellow senior faculty of Dept. of Child Development, Lady Irwin College and Sunil Batra, Child Psychologist and School Development Consultant.

 
       
  2nd February
Time:
7:00 pm

Play - The Young Actors Club present “Dangerous Decisions” & “The Great Diamond Robbery”. Devised by children, they are the culmination of the weekend theatre run by Imago Theatre in Education Company. Entry by invitations avl from 25th Jan onwards.

 
       
  2nd February
Time:
7:00 pm
FILM CLUB SCREENING-  “The Son’s Room”, (2001, 99 mins) Dir.Nanni Moretti. Winner of the Golden Palm Award at Cannes. Collab : Italian Cultural Centre.  
       
  3rd February
Time:
7:00 pm

Music- An evening of Santoor recital by Shri Prabhat Mukherjee, disciple of Pt. Tarun Bhattacharya, Pt Bhajan Sopori and Ustad Amjad Ali Khan Tabla accompaniment- Mithilesh Jha.  Collab :Impresario India.

 
       
  3rd February
Time:
7:00 pm
Documentary Film -”The Road to Nirvana- A Journey in Tibet” (56mins) Directed by Iqbal Malhotra. The film takes us through the spiritual, cultural & political history of Tibet and its centuries old interaction with India.  The camera follows the travellers as they drive through the Tibetan heartland . Collab: AIM Television.  
       
  4th February
Time:
7:00 pm
Panel Discussion “How concerned are political parties about population growth in India”. PANELIST: MR. KULDIP NAYAR, M.P. RAJYA SABHA, PROF. ASHISH BOSE, EMINENT POPULATION EXPERT, MS. KALPANA JAIN, SPECIAL CORESPONDENT WITH TOI AND MS. BRINDA KARAT, GEN SECRETARY, A.I.D.W.A. COLLAB: FREEDOM MOVEMENT.  
       
  4th February
Time:
7:00 pm
Film Club Screening- "My Little Business" (FRENCH) 1999, 1 HR. 36 MINS. DIR: PIERRE JOLIVET.  
       
  4th February
Time:
7:00 pm

Play - Bahroop Arts Group presents a comedy “Soopna ka Sapna”, written by Shahid Anwar & Directed by Satish Anand. Entry by invitations avl from 25th February.

 
       
  5th February
Time:
7:00 pm

Panel Discusssion on “Our Public Art”. Collab : Mantram Art Foundation.

 
       
  5th February
Time:
7:00 pm
Dance - Chittranjan Acharya- senior disciple of guru Pankaj Charan Das, presents an Odissi recital, along with his daughter and disciple Asmita Acharya. An HCL Concert.  
       
  5th February
Time:
7:00 pm
Play - Bahroop Arts Group repeats “Soopna ka Sapna”.  
       
  5th February
Time:
7:00 pm
Panel Discussion “Our Public Art”. PANELIST INCLUDE: MS. P.M. SINGH, CHAIRMAN, NDMC, MR. BHURE LAL, SECY., CO-ORD. CABINET SECTT., MR. K.T. RAVINDRAN, URBAN ARTS COMMISSION, MR. AMITABH KANT, CHAIRMAN, ITDC, MR. MONISH TYAGI, NID & DR. ALKA PANDE, ART HISTORIAN. COLLAB: MANTRAM ART FOUNDATION.  
       
  6th February
Time:
7:00 pm
Illustrated Talk - Dr. Sandhya Purecha, scholar of the Ancient Treatises on the Arts and a disciple in Bharatnatyam of Guru Parvati Kumar, speaks on the “Rasa Sutra”.  
       
  6th February
Time:
7:00 pm
Documentary Film & Talk -“ The Indian Diaspora – the other half”. Columnist and media personality Syed Naqvi, shows a film on the subject and talks about the diaspora as it exists in the 100 plus countries of the world, each of which he has visited.  
       
  7th February
Time:
6:30 pm
Know Your City - U.K Worah, Director Social Welfare Delhi Govt aquaints us with Delhi’s Social Welfare Concerns.  
       
  7th February
Time:
7:00 pm
Talk - QAI  India & EconomicTimes.com’s India-The Knowledge Corporation : Uncommon Sense for Uncertain Times, in association with TIE, The Indus Enerpreneurs, bring a discussion on the Global  Challenges that India’s IT enabled Services face and Can India make it? Panelists : Umesh Vyas, IT Consultant and Cliff Moore, Authority on Quality Standards in Call Centres.  
       
  8th February
Time:
7:00 pm
Hindi Book Club - Well known author Dr. Ram Darash Mishra reads from his novel “Bees Baras”  
       
  8th February
Time:
7:00 pm
Documentary Film - “In search of Blessings”, a film on Hemkunt Saheb by Deepa Sachdev and Inderjeet Singh Sachdev of Bright vision International. The film captures the beauty of this Himalayan shrine and the sublime feelings of those who visit it. The film makers will be present on the occasion.  
       
  9th February
Time:
9.00 am
IHC Walk - Conservation Architect Ratish Nanda , walks us through Begumpur and Vijay Mandal. We meet at Panchsheel  Club. Please don’t be late.  
       
  9th February
Time:
6.30 pm
Music - Youthreach Spirit concert on Sufism.  
       
  9th February
Time:
7.00 pm
Documentary Film - Benoy K. Behl presents the 5th in the Doordarshan series on “Paintings of India”, “City of Victory” covers the mural painting of the Vijaynagar Empire and Kerala. The film maker will be present for discussion.  
       
  10th February
Time:
6:30 pm

Open Forum - “Geo-strategic hot spots and the question of Energy Security”. Panelists : Garekhan, former Diplomat, Shebonti Ray Dadwal, Senior Editor Financial Express, Maroof Raza, Author & Defence Analyst. Moderator Nandan Unnikrishnan, International Affairs analyst.

 
       
  10th February
Time:
7:00 pm
Music- Sur Mandir presents an evening of classical  music. Smt Sonali Sinha Biswas, disciple of Pt. Rajan & Sajan Mishra presents a vocal recital &  Smt. Anupama Bhagwat, a student of Pt. Bimalendu Mukherjee, will present a sitar recital.  
       
  11th February
Time:
7:00 pm
Music - Nina Nagpal, disciple of  Ustad Abdul Latif Khan, Late Ustad Mahmud Shah, Pt. Bimalendu Mukherjee and Ustad Mohsin Ali Khan& Ustad Matloob Hussain of Delhi,  presents a Sitar recital.  
       
  11th February
Time:
7:00 pm

Illustrated Talk - Scholar Giti Thadani speaks on “The Excavation of Memory : Re-discovering the ‘female’ in India’s Cosmology”.  Collab : Jagori.

 
       
  11th February
Time:
7:00 pm
Film Club Screening - "Two Weeks Notice" LIMITED PASSES. HABITAT FILM CLUB MEMBERS ARE REQUESTED TO PICK THEM UP FROM THE PROGRAMME DESK.  
       
  12th February
Time:
7:00 pm

Dramatized Reading - Actors’ Company continues with its programme of showcasing New Indian Writing for the Stage. This month it presents a dramatization of the Charles Wallace award-winning playwright Anupama Chandrasekhar’s Closer Apart.

 
       
  12th February
Time:
7:00 pm
Nashist- Featuring the renowned Urdu writer Mujtaba Hussain who has numerous books, columns, t.v serials and articles to his credit. He is known for his humour and is probably the most celebrated amongst the living Urdu writers. Collab: Impresario Asia.  
       
  11th February
Time:
7:00 pm
Film Club Screening - "Two Weeks Notice" LIMITED PASSES. HABITAT FILM CLUB MEMBERS ARE REQUESTED TO PICK THEM UP FROM THE PROGRAMME DESK.  
       
  13th February
Time:
6:00 pm

Habitat Talk - Well-known television professional Karan Thapar, host of the popular programmes including HARD Talk India and Face to Face, sits in the hot seat to take on questions on the "Role of Media in Civil Society".

 
       
  13th February
Time:
7:00 pm
Music - Ustaad Ghulam Siraj Khan of the Rampur-Sahaswan gharana presents a Hindustani Light Classical vocal recital of Thumri , Dadra & Ghazal. An HCL concert series.  
       
  14th February
Time:
7:00 pm

Music - Sri Abhinav Educational & Cultural Society presents a programme of Bhajans and Sufiana kalaam by Rajinder Kachroo & Shevanti Sanyal, in aid of the deprived girl child.

 
       
  15th February
Time:
7:00 pm

Documentary Film - Collab: PSBT – Doordarshan. “Testing the Waters” (30’) by Ranu Sharma. A film on New Spirituality and the Urban Young  "Dharma Dollies” (30’) by Aruna Har Prasad,a film on Urban Stress and Quick Fix Religion.The screenings will be followed by a discussion with the two filmmakers chaired by Mr. Parveen Chopra, Editor and Publisher, Life Positive. 

 
       
  15th February
Time:
6:30 pm
Music- VSK BAITHAK sponsored by Indovax of Keggfarms Group, features Shruti Sadolikar Ketkar. Born and brought up in the musical ambience of Jaipur – Atrauli gharana, she is one of the leading vocalists of this country and a senior exponent of this gharana.She will be accompanied on the Harmonium by Ajay Joglekar, on the Tabla by Mangesh Mulye and on the Pakhawaj by Prakash Shejwal.  Entry by invitation available from 8th onwards.  
       
  15th February
Time:
7:00 pm
Book Club - reads from Mario Vargas Llosa’s novel “Feast of the Goat”.  
       
  15th February
Time:
7:00 pm
Film Club Screening - "Drohkal", DIR: Govind Nihalani.  
   
 
       
 
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